That’s the word from the Hollywood Reporter anyway. It looks like playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is in final negotiations to write the script for Spider-Man 4. While it’s true the guy won a Pulitzer for his drama Rabbit Hole I think it’s fair to say that Spider-Man is an entirely different animal. Here’s hoping that this guy is a fan of the comic at the very least. You might already know but it looks like Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are returning to the project along with possibly Kirsten Dunst. No word yet on how often she’ll be soaking wet this time around.

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The guys who brought you the dreadfully painful Smallville are back to threaten your lives yet again wth even greater feats of sacrilege. The dynamic duo of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have been brought on to write the big screen adaptation of Robotech the massive 80’s space opera. In all fairness these jerks did write Spider-Man 2 so this couldn’t be all bad. This task might be too daunting for anyone to write.

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 Hot off the web, and onto shelves.

Ultra Popular Web Comic The Dreamer will be published by IDW comics. The book is renowned for its great visuals and historic accuracy and has fans that go beyond the typical comic book readers. Here’s hoping that the transition from web to print continues this books success for old and new fans alike. The series will feature the original covers by Lora Innes, as well as new covers painted by Jenny Frison.

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Astro Boy will be coming to theaters as a CGI movie on October 23, 2009. Imagi Studios had to close deals with several companies in order to get the rights to release the film and others. IDW Publishing is involved because they will be publishing Astro Boy comics and graphic novels to coincide with the films release. The idea of a CGI movie sounds perfect, hopefully it will be good so other companies will follow suit.

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In line with their 2010 theatrical release Marvel Animation will be putting out a cartoon series based on Thor. Given Marvels track record with animation this is nothing to be pleased about. For the life of me I can’t ever figure out what Marvel is doing, it’s as if they’re trying to tank their animation projects on purpose. You would think that animation would be a no brainer, but not when it comes to Marvel where they make things seemingly as difficult as possible. You’ve been warned.

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Talk about unfair, the two guys responsible for the Batman: The Dark Knight score have been disqualified because of a simple technicality. They apparently had too many names on the music cue sheet therefore creating speculation that Zimmer and Howard didn’t do enough of the work to warrant receiving the award. First off, how come they couldn’t consider all five people named on the cue sheet for the award? Secondly the judges were given documentation that stated that Zimmer and Howard did the lion’s share of the work, and still they DQ’d them. Where is the justice dammit!

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So the news of Brett Ratners involvement I a new Conan project was a bit premature. According to the LA Times Ratner is focused primarily on making Beverly Hills Cop 4 (really) and is only in preproduction as far as Conan goes. He was very irritated when he told the Times that Millennium Films’ Avi Lerner shouldn’t have been talking to the media about plans that weren’t finalized. Ouch!

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The first rumor was that Ryan Gosling would be playing the part of a young (too young) Hal Jordan, but that rumor has fell through. The latest rumor is that producers made an offer to Casey Affleck (still too young) for the part only for him to (wisely) turn it down. Maybe the WB should take this as a sign that they should cancel this steaming load in the making now before its too late.

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Here’s the new poster for Red Sonja, enjoy:

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The most recent word around the camp fire is that the final issue of Final Crisis will be delayed and rewritten. Apparently DC executive Dan DiDio wasn’t too keen on how the story concluded due to the implications to the DCU. A bunch of other books have been put on hold because they are relying on how Final Crisis finishes.

There is also a rumor that James Robinson and Dan DiDio got into a stand up argument that lead to Robinson quitting the Superman books and the DCU all together.

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It looks like they found writers for the Captain America movie and it’s Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely the guys that brought you Chronicles of Narnia and Prince Caspian. The duo is still in negotiations so it’s not too late for them to back out of the deal and run away screaming The good news is that the film will be set almost entirely during World War 2 and will feature Cap fighting against the Nazi’s. No word yet on an appearance by Bucky.